📍 4401 Ferndale Dr, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, 77642
Tyrrell el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Port Arthur, Jefferson County. The school has 701 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Alfredo Jimenez. It is part of the Port Arthur Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 43.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1. 16% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Tyrrell el enrolls 701 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 43.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 66% Hispanic or Latino, 28% Black or African American and 2.3% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 464 | 66% |
| Black or African American | 195 | 28% |
| White | 16 | 2.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 12 | 1.7% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 1.4% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
644 of the school's 701 students (92%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 632 qualify for free lunch and 12 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Tyrrell el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 4, state house district 21.
Tyrrell el is one of 15 schools in PORT ARTHUR ISD, based in PORT ARTHUR, Texas. The district serves 8,041 students district-wide and employs 614 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 701 students, Tyrrell el is larger than the district average of about 536 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small